Topic: Metaphazes Guide For Backing Up Xbox 360 Games (Read 539 times)

shpankey · « **Reply #75 on:** January 19, 2007, 04:26:00 AM »

you can definitely use the paperclip method, no need to take your drive apart. i've backed up over 20 of my games no problems at all with it on my pioneer a09 dvd drive. still works perfectly for all tasks i throw at it. i hate to see people taking their drives apart for no reason whatsoever.

DeMoN_DARREN · « **Reply #76 on:** January 21, 2007, 02:49:00 PM »

I get through the WXRip, but merging is a problem. But heres a quickie. Does the DVD movie have to be bigger then the game? I'm (unsuccessfully) trying to back up my copy of Smackdown VS Raw 07, and i know its a biggish game and i'm using the Matrix DVD (7.7gb)?

sosotiit · « **Reply #77 on:** January 21, 2007, 03:06:00 PM »

You are more than ok at 7.7G, I had success from 7.5G.
In the end you are always getting a 7.05G file.

What are you prob with merging? How was the ss.bin extracted for the game (drive/software)?

rgds,soso

DeMoN_DARREN · « **Reply #78 on:** January 21, 2007, 05:53:00 PM »

Well just now i burnt a second... more successful coaster using IMGBurn, my stats

Hitachi 59DJ (latest firmware - Maximus)
Verbatim Media
Pioneer 111D

I ripped an image of the game using WXRipper and fixed all the CRC coded. The ISO was accepted by IMGBurn so this leads me to believe the rip is good. I connected up the 360 to extract a fresh SS and had more success (i think) and using SS Merger i made the 1kb Game.DVD file (which i editted). I set up IMGBurn with all the settings and burnt it. It then gave me the error of "Please play this game in an xbox 360 console" (which is much better then the first propper coaster, coaster

). So would you say its a bad SS? I should i try a different extraction? (currently using the cmdline prompt from the firmware. Or should i use the firmware tools to merge the SS and image (i did this the first time, but made other mistakes that lead to the coaster, such as not setting up IMGBurn)?

THanks in advance

sosotiit · « **Reply #79 on:** January 21, 2007, 06:41:00 PM »

When you say latest maximus, are you talking about the '360 firmware toolbox 3.0'. If so, have you installed the firmware v1.6 on your drive because that does not extract the ss.bin properly (you would need to install the same firmware with the f900 core , it is called v2.3).

You could also run the stealth check in the tools tab of XBCreator to see if all pieces in the image are seen.

rgs, soso

DeMoN_DARREN · « **Reply #80 on:** January 22, 2007, 02:11:00 AM »

Sorry - i meant i have the Maximus 2.3 (rev2) firmware. I did not do anything to try and make the media stealth and i've not used the tool you mentioned. When i get home i'll look it over and see if the image when wrong.

I forgot to say that the SS was the reason for "Please put this disc in...." error most of the time from searches on this forum. I've restored and flashed the drive and i know thats ok, i think it must be the SS. When methods (appart from the given firmware one) would you reccomend for SS extraction (and stealth data incase this is needed)?

sosotiit · « **Reply #81 on:** January 22, 2007, 06:18:00 AM »

that is my decision tree as far as equipement is concerned (here)
rgds,soso

hodienchuoc · « **Reply #82 on:** February 01, 2007, 10:00:00 AM »

QUOTE(sosotiit @ Jan 12 2007, 08:33 PM)

after you make the swap, you hit 'spin drive',
wait before you do the 'start dump',
instead click the wx360 button
-if the wx360 opens with all the files from the game, then the swap was good and start the dump
-if it does not open, it is the swap that did not work.

And the number on line 5 (342400) is the same you got when you did the magic number?

hope it helps narrow it down,
rgds,soso

Finally I worked by using trick hole on Plextor DVD-R, but the step is little different.

1. PUT movie disc 7.5GB into PC DVD drive.
2. Get the magic key
2. Wait until DVD stop spinning. (don't use stop button)
3. Using paper clip to eject DVD drive
4. Put XBOX 360 original in tray
5. Put disc tray back in (same thing don't use eject button)
6. Click wx360 button to verify correct disc.
7. Rip it.

I made this way work over 10 games without fail.

Iced · « **Reply #83 on:** February 11, 2007, 02:12:00 PM »

QUOTE(Iced @ Jan 4 2007, 10:48 AM)

Finally got around to backing up my first game Gears Of War, using this method! Sweeeeeeet.

Equipment used
T2 Ultimate Edition DVD
Old Hitachi GD-5000 DVD-ROM I took apart to read the disc.
XBOX360 Hitachi GDR-3120L used for extracting SS, PFI, DMI
Liteon SOHW-1633S with BS0Y firmware with DVD-ROM booktype set.

Firmware
Maximus-Garyopa_XTRM-HITACHI_v2_3_Stealth_Rev2

Software
DvdInfoPro V4.36 to set the booktype to DVD-ROM on the Liteon SOHW-1633S drive.
Xbox_Backup_Creator_v2.3.0.185 to extract SS, PFI, DMI
wxRipper-1.2 to rip the game disc.
XBOX360_SS_Merger_1.7b to Merge and Create Layer Break File (using SS, PFI, DMI, and ripped ISO image)
DVD Decrypter v3.5.4.0 to burn the resulting ISO image at 2.4X speed (Manually changing the layer break in settings to what is specified in the layer break file)

Works perfectly!

My Gears_of_War.ltf file (layout file) used in wxRipper (Only changed the 3rd line from C to D):

CODE

C19408
D1072
D109344
C1783936
J342400
C1783936
J0

I can confirm this method also works on (with the same .ltf file):

Lost Planet Extreme Condition
Call of Duty 3

-Gadget- · « **Reply #84 on:** February 11, 2007, 02:41:00 PM »

well what a long winded way to backup a game !!!
why not just sped £10 on a samsung 162c drive which can be fitted in ya PC as a normal drive, and one click on xboxbackucreater and ya got ya img to burn !

hopefully the LG8164 will be able to do this too some day (can be used to backup up xbox1 games)

or if ya hooking up ya 360 drive to do the SS sector why not just use it to do the lot with xboxbackupcreater !!! .. will extract it all and make it into 1 nice file for burning !

why make things more complicated than they need to be

Mick ...

sosotiit · « **Reply #85 on:** February 11, 2007, 04:02:00 PM »

QUOTE

or if ya hooking up ya 360 drive to do the SS sector why not just use it to do the lot with xboxbackupcreater !!! .. will extract it all and make it into 1 nice file for burning !

why make things more complicated than they need to be

@-Gadget-
With 650 more post you should know better, that an entire group of techno people at XS cannot not think of that. plse.

Hitachi owner cannot connect their drive and get the game partition like a samsung owner.

Many bought an shd162c, the others got organized to access the drive without having to open the entire shell for the SS, and often use their pioneer burner for wxripping of the game partition.

some good reading in the pinned section

,

respectfully, soso

Iced · « **Reply #86 on:** February 11, 2007, 05:55:00 PM »

QUOTE(-Gadget- @ Feb 11 2007, 01:48 PM)

well what a long winded way to backup a game !!!
why not just sped £10 on a samsung 162c drive which can be fitted in ya PC as a normal drive, and one click on xboxbackucreater and ya got ya img to burn !

hopefully the LG8164 will be able to do this too some day (can be used to backup up xbox1 games)

or if ya hooking up ya 360 drive to do the SS sector why not just use it to do the lot with xboxbackupcreater !!! .. will extract it all and make it into 1 nice file for burning !

why make things more complicated than they need to be

Mick ...

I made do with the equipment I had on hand

An old GD-5000 that I had laying around did the trick. And besides, my cheapass (as I'm sure many others here are... why would u be backing up in the first place? ;-)...) I wasn't about to dish out "£10" + £50 in shipping + whatever duties and taxes (exaggerated but you get my point) to get one shipped to my home. Bundle that with the fact that 162's aren't that easy to come by these days and I'm sure it's an easy decision.

sosotiit · « **Reply #87 on:** February 11, 2007, 06:15:00 PM »

I guess the point is made on people being happy about having this, lets go back to the intent of the post:
Use of wxripper method for Hitachi Owner

rgds, soso

cpthyland2 · « **Reply #88 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:44:00 AM »

QUOTE(lilpete @ Jan 1 2007, 01:42 AM)

Worked perfectly for Rainbow six Vegas. Just got this game and wanted to see if this really worked with my Hitachi 46DH and yes it does. Although i have 3 coasters so far trying to back my Gears of War...

OK, nice job on rainbow six, When I tried this with wXRipper, I got 2 CRC errors, I modified my file as such:

C19408
D0172
C89088
D20256
C550912
D1233024
J335872
C1783936
J0

A smiliar file, and process worked fine for Gears Of War, but after the extract, and merge with ss, I get a "mixed media" message when I put the disc in the 360, is it possible the ss (downloaded) is wrong?

What movie, and file paramaters did you use, and how did you obtain your ss file

sosotiit · « **Reply #89 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:57:00 AM »

the last three lines must not be changed. it should stay

C1783936
Jmagicnumber (which for you I get is 335872 so it would be J335872)
C1783936

put a D in all the lines above

rgds, soso

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